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Study Skill Workshop #6: How to Predict Test Questions Active Textbook Studying: Asking Questions of Chapter Headings, etc. Two of the best study habits you can develop are to actively read your textbooks and to learn to test yourself before your teacher tests you. One very easy and effective method you can use in order to achieve both goals is to learn how to ask questions of the chapter headings, words in bold print and italics, etc. The simplest way to do this is to approach your textbook chapters in a survey manner. So before starting to actually do the heavy reading in the chapter, try this: take a few blank pieces of paper or several 5x8 index cards and set them up so they look like the example below: ______________________________________________________________________________ Textbook/Subject: Chapter: Page Number: Heading: WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW?
Then begin surveying the assigned chapter. Start with the first heading (headline) and record information on the page or index card you have prepared, asking yourself the six questions listed. Please see the example at the top of the next page.
EXAMPLE:
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Textbook/Subject: Fundamental Accounting Principles Chapter: 4 Page Number: 118 Heading: PREPARING A WORKSHEET WHO? Who is supposed to prepare a worksheet? Who reads/uses the work sheet once its prepared? WHAT? What is a worksheet? What are the major sections of the work sheet? What kind of information is put on the work sheet? WHERE? WHEN? When is it appropriate/necessary to prepare a work sheet? WHY? Why is it necessary to prepare a worksheet?
As you can see, eight potentially useful questions have been asked about this one concept(heading). Sometimes youll be able to think of two or more questions for one of the six question words, and sometimes you wont think of any. But just get in the habit of asking a lot of questions. Then when you go back to actually read the material, youll be looking for answers (and maybe even more questions to write down!) , and that will help you concentrate more effectively and, as result, get more from your reading. You should fill in the answers to the questions while you read by stopping each time you find an answer and recording it on the back of your notebook paper or index card. By doing this, youll be able to use these sheets of cards to study from as the test approaches (like flash cards!). If you have time to complete a form for each heading or word/phrase in bold print or italics, that would be great. But even if you can only do this for half of them, youre going to be better off than you are now because youll be reading and studying very actively. As a result, youll be getting a better grasp of the subject on which youll be tested. Try It!!!!
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From REALM OF THE UNIVERSE (3 EDITION) by Geaorge O. Abell. Philadelphia Saunders College Publishing, 1984.
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CREATING YOUR OWN STUDY QUIZZES *Questions based on Jupiters Outer Layers handout. FILL-IN STATEMENTS 1. Jupiter rotates once in just under ________ hours. 2. The Great Red Spot was first seen telescopically from earth in the year ________. 3. The Spot has always been far bigger than the _______________. 4. The Spot is a massive eddy with a rotation period of about ________days. 5. Jupiter has a thin, faint ring in its _____________ plane. 6. The bands around Jupiter abound in ___________ and exhibit gradual changes. 7. The chemical composition of Jupiter is very similar to that of the ____________. 8. Pioneer 11 was the first space probe to fly by the planet ________________. 9. The Great Red Spot has been as large as ___________ kilometers across. 10. The chemical composition of Jupiter is about 98% hydrogen and ____________. TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS (Circle the correct answer) 1. Jupiter is the most rapidly rotating planet. TRUE FALSE FALSE
2. Jupiters outer ring is described as being very thick. TRUE 3. Jupiters atmosphere rotates as a solid unit. TRUE FALSE
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Which space probe was the only one to fly by both Uranus and Neptune? a. Pioneer 10 c. Voyager 1 b. Galileo d. Voyager 2
2. Trace constituents detected in Jupiters atmosphere include a. methane and ammonia c. oxygen and carbon b. oxygen and neon d. methane and carbon